I was in the US Army in 1967 - 1968, stationed in Virginia, hardly spoke English, when there was a major article in Playboy on commodities trading. I was already trading stocks but the article got me started in futures. I am one of 5 remaining charter subscribers to Futures Magazine (used to be called Commodities)
Fired up by the article I have opened an account at DuPont Glore Forgan in Newport News, Virginia (why would they approve a GI with $175 a month income? but they did) and I promptly lost a bunch in egg futures.
I did not give up, studied the seasonals in grains and my trading turned around and a few years later I was able to impress the interviewer at ContiCommodities and they hired me as a commodity broker/salesman.
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